1722 Complete English Dispensatory Pharmacy Medical by John Quincy MD

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1722 Complete English Dispensatory Pharmacy Medical by John Quincy MDThis is a very early rare book being:Quincy, John, MD. Pharmacopoeia Officinalis Extemporanea: Or, a Compleat English Dispensatory, in Four Parts. ContainingI. The Theory of Pharmacy, and the Several Processes Therein.II. A Description of the Officinal Simples, with Their Virtues and Preparations, Galenical and Chymical.III. The Officinal Compositions; Being Such of the London and Bates's Dispensatory, as are Now in Use; Together with Some Others of Uncommon Efficacy, Taken from the Most Celebrated Authors.IV. Extemporaneous Prescriptions, Distributed Into Classes Suitable to Their Intentions in CureLondon: Printed for E. Bell at the Cross-Keys and Bible in Cornhill, W. Taylor, at the Ship in Paternoster-Row, and J Osborn at the Oxford-Arms in Lombard-Street. M. DCC. XXII [1722], 4th ed. 8vo, full leather, xvi, 700, lx, 10pp ads. Dedicated "To the Honourable Joseph Collett Esq; Governour of Fort St. George." The Governor was a patron of Quincy's.Boards rough with most of spine missing. (Front board missing, leaving only the leather cover.) Front-matter missing, including tp; part of the dedication damaged. Last ad leaf damaged. Other than that, most of the text block present and still together. Light toning, scattered foxing, as expected for a three-century-old read more